Tobacco-lath holder.



PATENTED NOV; '26, 1907.

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TOBACCO-LATE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1907.

Application filed February 6. 1907. Serial No. 356077.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA SEBRING, citizen of the United States, residingat Greenville, in the county of Darke, State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Tob acco-Lath Holders, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a tobacco lath holder, and particularly tomeans for supporting the laths or strips upon which the toacco is beingspudded or hung for drying or curing purposes, and also for the supportof a stripping tool.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and improved form ofholder adapted to support oppositely extending laths and to be attachedto the standards.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved constructionand arrangement of these standards with folding. base strips or sillsextending therefrom by which the parts may be compactly folded forstorage or transportation.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will behereinafter set forth and. the novel features thereof defined by thethrough into which the ends of the oppositely extending strips or laths3 are inserted, said passage being provided at its midlength withinwardly projecting lugs 4 which separate the same into two sockets ofequal length. In order to securely retain the holder against lateraldisplacement from the Weight of the laths and the material thereonsecuring lugs 5 are disposed centrally of each socket at opposite sidesof the holder so that the resistance to the strain may be at the mosteffectual point.

The base or standard 1 is provided at the rear with the sill or base 6adapted to receive one of the holders 2 which may be used for supportingthe stripping fork 7. This sill is attached to the rear of the standard1 by means of the connecting hinge 8 so that it may be folded upwardagainst the standard for the purpose of storage or transportation. Atopposite sides of the standard the base pieces 9 are disposed andconnected by hinges 10 so as to fold upward into contact therewith, andwhen in the position shown in Fig. 1 to resist any lateral tendency tooverturn the standard owing to the weight of material upon the partscarried by the upper portion thereof. The sills and base pieces may bebraced in any preferred manner, for instance, the braces 11 are shown asextending from the base ieces 9 to the standard 1, and there seeurecfpassing theretln'ough. A brace 13 is also shown as secured to thestandard at its side and to the stripper sill 6. This sill is also heldrigid by means of the braces 14 extend ing therefrom to the base pieces9.

In the use of the invention it will be seen that when the standard andbase portions are properly braced an absolutely secure support isprovided adapted to receive oppositely extending hanging strips or lathsupon which the tobacco may be suspended, and the holder for these lathsis of such construction as to securely support the same upon thestandard. The invention is used with a spear head on the free end of thelath which is forced through the tobacco stalk and the latter pushedtoward the holder until the lath is filled when the lath is removed fordrying and curing the tobacco thereon. The lugs within the holder resistthe pushing strain on the laths incident to the spudding operation sothat two persons can work at opposite sides of the holder. It alsoobviates the necessity of a permanent spudding support as after the useof the invention the parts may be readily folded upon the standard andstored in the minimum of space. The folding is accomplished by simplyremoving the bolts and disconnecting the braces when the opposite basepieces and stripper sill can be folded into contact with the standard.When this sill is to be used for stripping the standard may be turneddownward into the position shown in Fig. 3 so that the sill will lie ina substantially vertical plane and the lath or strip containing by thebolt 12 the tobacco may be assed through the fork and stripped from t elath to fall in proper position for subsequent storage or treatment.

Having noW described my invention and set forth its merits, What I claimand desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. As an article ofmanufacture, a lath holder casing having a central partition to forminclosed sockets at the opposite ends thereof, and attaching lugs at theopposite sides of the holder at substantially the longitudinal center ofeach socket.

2. A lath holder comprising a vertical standard, oppositely disposedbase pieces pivotally connected to the sides of said standard tofoldupward against the same, a rearwardly extending sill pivotallyconnected to the standard to fold against the same, and a lath holderextending transversely of the standard to support laths parallel to saidbase pieces. I

3. A lath holder comprising a standard, a holder casing mounted thereon,oppositely disposed base pieces pivotally connected to the standard tofold against the same, a rear- Wardly extending sill pivotally connectedto the standard to fold a ainst the same, and a stripper holder carrieby the upper face of said sill.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature Witnesses:

T. C. MAHER, ADELBERT MARZ.

